Attraction vs. Reflection (135)

"Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely," a quote from the historian John Dalberg-Acton. No, I am not talking about the U.S. Congress, but if the shoe fits… Rather I am pointing to an esoteric principle that I was introduced to years ago, and that I ignore at my peril. It has to do with how we are attracted to people and why. I wish I had understood this principle when I was younger because I would not have been taken in by what appeared as attraction to this or that supposed teacher or "guru."

 

In the abstract, the idea is that when it comes to finding and identifying life teachers, the power of attraction itself to someone like a would-be teacher is a sign of a purely 'local' phenomenon, rather than to someone with knowledge that can actually help us. And this is as true in celestial objects like planets and galaxies as it is for those of us down here walking around on Earth. In other words, this is about the influence of others on us in our life, plus how we can learn to tell if a teacher or life-guide will be workable or helpful.